New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) To encourage more farmers and
entrepreneurs to take up dairy business, the government will
this week launch an online portal called 'e-pashu haat' where
one can buy/sell livestock, frozen semens and embryos

Presently, there is no organised market for livestock.

"If a farmer from Rajasthan wants to buy high milk
producing cattle breed 'Gir' from Gujarat, how will he buy?
So, we have developed an online portal to facilitate both
seller and buyers," a senior Agriculture Ministry official
told PTI.

The electronic market will help farmers not only buy/sell
live cows/buffalos but also frozen semens and embryos of
livestock, the official said.

The website 'wwww.epashuhaat.gov.in' will provide all
details of each livestock along with photos as well as
information on feed and fodder availability. It will also
provide facilities to transport livestock after the purchase.

The certified livestock will be sold through e-market but
private bodies will also be allowed to sell/buy non-certified
livestocks, the official added.

There will be free login to the website, but one need to
register for trade transaction.

Stating that government is giving a thrust on dairy
sector to double farmers income by 2022, the official said
there is a need to increase productivity of animals as well as
number of livestock in the country to achieve this target.

The first step is to facilitate a market for livestock
for those farmers keen to taken up dairy as a supplementary
business, he added.

The e-market for livestock is being developed as part of
the government's 'National Mission on Bovine Productivity' for
which Rs 825 crore of funds have been allocated.